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I'm going for the Derby Alexandra. I've been there a few times this year, obviously along with the Brunswick a few doors away and have started to marginally prefer this one and it is quite marginal. They always seem to have an interesting guest or two along with the Castle Rock regulars. I also like seeing the diesel cab in the garden, I thought I'd had too many wine gums the first time I noticed it.

August was a good month with 31 new visits and some new discoveries including a new micropub in Banbury and bottle shop / bar in Kidlington, as well as some well-regarded PuG establishments including Baldock's Orange Tree, The Lamb Tavern in Leadenhall Market and the Albion Brewery Bar and Malt Shovel Tavern both in Northampton. However, the gong is going to go to a pub that has good marks from those that have visited it, despite it being off the beaten track and offered some great local ales along with welcoming management and locals and still retains the trappings of a cosy, country local: